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Digha Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Digha is a medium size village located in Sainthia Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 395 families residing. The Digha village has population of 1724 of which 873 are males while 851 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Digha village population of children with age 0-6 is 243 which makes up 14.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Digha village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Digha as per census is 884, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Digha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Digha village was 69.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Digha Male literacy stands at 77.96 % while female literacy rate was 60.92 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Digha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Digha village.

Digha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 395 - -
Population 1,724 873 851
Child (0-6) 243 129 114
Schedule Caste 405 207 198
Schedule Tribe 343 174 169
Literacy 69.48 % 77.96 % 60.92 %
Total Workers 760 444 316
Main Worker 308 - -
Marginal Worker 452 176 276

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 19.90 % of total population in Digha village.

Work Profile

In Digha village out of total population, 760 were engaged in work activities. 40.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 760 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 128 were Agricultural labourer.